Oyapock's fish-eating rat
| Oyapock's fish-eating rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Daptomys |
| Species: | D. oyapocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Daptomys oyapocki Dubost & Petter, 1978 | |
Oyapock's fish-eating rat (Daptomys oyapocki) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil. For a time, this species was assigned to the genus Neusticomys, but it has since been returned to its original genus.